At one point in 2001 Google officials even met with Overture to compare notes, Overture officials say.
Humperdinck's opera is in three acts, and begins with a popular overture introducing many of the score's main themes.
If so, Facebook could be held over a barrel before any IPO in the way that Overture did with Google.
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In return, NATO "must respond with an equally decisive overture, " he said.
The CEO of Idealab and Ubermedia is best-known for coming up with the pay-per-click advertising model, with GoTo.com (later renamed Overture and sold to Yahoo), that Google ran with to fame and riches.
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President Assad has also reiterated his willingness to talk peace with Israel, though Israel rebuffed the overture, insisting that he should first expel Hamas and its ilk.
Hoffman starts this romantic musical journey with Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture.
Mr. Williams, who has won five Oscars and is a 47-time nominee, has created a delightful musical backdrop for Steven Spielberg's "Tintin, " beginning with its sly, slinky, jazz-inflected overture.
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Although recent opinion polls show 45% of Turks supporting Mr Erdogan's Kurdish overture, a deal that followed overt bargaining with the PKK would be tricky to sell at home.
To be sure, Semel presided over a long list of successful deals with Internet companies during his tenure, including key acquisitions like Inktomi and Overture, which provided Yahoo!
Why Bush might be making an overture for the Marlins now could have a good deal to do with timing.
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Roger McNamee, a principal at investment firm Silver Lake Partners, argues that Overture is well positioned, thanks to its msn business and a new deal with Yahoo Japan.
This overture comes as the probe intensifies into near-simultaneous car bombings May 12 in Saudi Arabia, with the FBI and other U.S. investigators aiding the Saudis.
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